Posts by Franziska Plessow, PhD
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Single Oxytocin Dose Weakens Neural Connections That Drive the Desire for Food
Elizabeth A. Lawson, MD, Liya Kerem, MD, MSc, pediatric endocrinology fellow, Franziska Plessow, PhD, experimental psychologist in the Neuroendocrine Unit, and colleagues have become the first to show that oxytocin attenuates the functional connectivity between the VTA and other food motivation brain regions.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.